On Friday 19th of February, 2016, Philippe Saurel, Mayor of Montpellier and President of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, announced the new governance structure for Cinemed, Mediterranean Film Festival of Montpellier.

Aurélie Filippetti, former Minister of Culture, will be the new President of Cinemed.

Christophe Leparc, Managing Director of the Director’s Fornight at Cannes since 2008 and Artistic Delegate for Cinemed in 2014, has been appointed Director by a recruitment jury including the French State, the LRMP Regional Council and Montpellier Mediterranée Métropole. He will take over from Jean-François Bourgeot.